What do our 'partners' think about the SR addiction?

This topic may have been visited before but I'm curious.

What does your spouse / partner / girl (/boy)-friend think about your obsession straight razors and associated paraphernalia?

From my own experience, my gf was at first a little concerned by my interest in straight razors because she was convinced that I would accidentally cut my head off. This concern of hers has waned somewhat and has been replaced by a new concern about the all money I'm spending on shaving stuff (it must be around $1000 over the past 4 months or so).

I would say, though, that the biggest incentive for me to continue on this straight razor bent is the fact that she cannot touch my smooth face without purring. What more incentive does a guy need?

My wife picked me up a Dovo Pearlex razor from Classic when we got engaged.:)

My beautiful wife picked me up a Red Bone handled Dovo from Classic when we got married.:D

My loving, caring wife picked me up a Dovo Mother of Pearl handled razor from Classic for Christmas this year.:y

Anyone see a trend?

On top of that, she doesn't mind that I've turned our basement and spare room into a shaving brush factory. Or as she puts it to family and friends "It looks like an exotic wood store threw up in our basement."

So overall, I'd say she's supportive.

We have a standing arrangement. I don't complain about her obsession with Harry Potter and girlish graphics she's into and she doesn't complain about my razors. Btw no I didn't rob a cradle, we're about the same age but I won't go into more detail as it would be ungentlemanly of me :cool:

Mine tends to support my eccentricities.

The only things she minds are (i) how much time I take in the bathroom in the mornings and (ii) how much space my shaving soaps/creams/lotions/potions take up in the cupboard.

Now I have to admit, this is facilitated by the fact that we don't see each others' bank statements or credit card bills!

My girlfriend gets mildly irritated whenever she hears the names "Lynn Abrams" or "Maestro Livi", and she gets quite angry if a parcel arrives from either of them. :w :roflmao

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Originally Posted by Iwan

My girlfriend gets mildly irritated whenever she hears the names "Lynn Abrams" or "Maestro Livi", and she gets quite angry if a parcel arrives from either of them. :w :roflmao

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Iwan,

Problem solved! We have enough members here who would forward the package to you after receiving it from Lynn. Your girlfriend doesn't know us all by name! :D

We should call that service "Undercover Shaver". :roflmao

Ray

My wife clearly thinks it's manly. She's been known to say things like, "That's my favorite razor" and offers up, "He uses an old style straight razor" before I do in conversation. She has opinions on everything about my shaving from how pretty or ugly the various 'handles' are to how much she appreciates or dislikes the scent I'm lathering with.

X

She likes the scents, she likes the closeness of the shave.
She hates the time in the bathroom, she hates my using up the hot water.
Basicely she thinks the whole obsession is just plain nuts.

um, my wife thought I had an affair for a while...

she also likes me with stubble :eek: I guess over the years I have trademarked it

honestly, I haven't heard a single remark about the nice shaves I am
getting :shrug:

I still love it, though

Cheers
Ivo

My wife just thinks I'm nuts and knows enough to stay clear when I'm shaving!

So far my wife is liking it. Probably has something to do with the fact I've historically shaved about once every month or two (I've got a short but full beard after about two weeks). Since I picked up DE/SR I've been clean-shaven, or at least looked it, more often than not. Plus, right now, its cheaper than the Mach 3/Fusion/etc. was since I also shave my head. DE blades have held up a lot better for that purpose than the multi-blades cartidges did so far.

We'll see how that changes as I accumulate more razors/mugs/soaps/strops/post and pre shave stuff/etc. :)

Ant

My wife just smiles at me politely and does her best to appear interested, bless her :D She does make a quite a few comments on how good my skin tone is though.

My parents think I have gone off the rails. My mother insisted that I shouldn't buy a straight, presumably because she saw Sweeny Todd on T.V. once, and whenever I bring SRS up in conversation with my father, I get comments like "my shaves only take 5 minutes and I am done" ..

Brother and his wife just look confused.

The only one that approves wholeheartedly is my bank manager. :shrug:

She thought I was nuts when I first started down the str8 path... was sure I was going to turn into scarface or slice an ear. But she's adjusted... and no one on earth takes more time in the bathroom than she does, so that's never going to be an issue :roflmao

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Originally Posted by osiris

This topic may have been visited before . . . .

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Only about six to 10 times since I've been a member ;).

My wife loves it. She's used it as the perfect excuse to get me to shave her legs and pits. Personally I think it's a power thing :p.

My g/f finds SRs very strange, but she says she's not all that suprised as I have a collection of strange hobbies and she's kind of got used to me learning a new "strange" every year :w

But even she must admit that my skin is better since I started using one.

Thogh I think she's started to feel a bit sorry for the postman with all the extra parcels he has to carry :roflmao

Steven

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Originally Posted by FUD

My wife loves it. She's used it as the perfect excuse to get me to shave her legs and pits.

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Odd, I ended up having to do the same thing today under the guise of teaching her to use a DE. I have a bad feeling about this.....:thinking:

Ant